Unit study based on An American Girl: Kirsten
Library List:
Meet
Kirsten An American Girl by Janet Shaw
Kirsten
Learns a Lesson by Janet Shaw
Kirsten's
Surprise by Janet Shaw
Happy
Birthday, Kirsten! by Janet Shaw
Kirsten
Saves the Day by Janet Shaw
Changes
for Kirsten by Janet Shaw
Kirsten's
Craft Book - Pleasant Company Publications
Kirsten's Cook Book - Pleasant Company Publications
Read Meet Kirsten.
Trace Kirsten's route on a map.
Find out what cholera is.
Find out about immigrants in your family.
Make a rag doll.
Read Kirsten Learns a Lesson.
Choose a poem to memorize and recite like Kirsten did.
Kirsten had to learn English. Learn a few c
Figure out what tribe of Indian Singing Bird belonged to by using their
location, type of house, etc. Learn more about her tribe and what their
life was like.
Read Kirsten's Surprise.
Learn more about St. Lucia's Day.
Make St. Lucia Buns. The recipe is in Kirsten's Cookbook.
Have your own St. Lucia celebration.
Read Happy Birthday, Kirsten!
Learn about tornadoes.
Make a small quilt. There is a quilted potholder in Kirsten's Craft
Book.
Read Kirsten Saves the Day.
Learn about bee keeping.
Make bees wax candles.
Play games like they played on the Fourth of July.
Find out more about the black bears in Minnesota.
Read Changes for Kirsten.
Find out more about fur trading.
Learn about the Oregon Trail.
Visit a Swedish Museum.
The American
Swedish Institute in Minneapolis, Minnesota
American Swedish
Historical Museum in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Swedish American Museum
in Chicago, Illinois
Visit a Swedish Store.
Read the Butter in the Well book series by Linda Hubalek